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3 unusual facts about Lake Coeur d'Alene


Lake Coeur d'Alene

There are a number of Ford Model T automobiles sitting on the bottom of the lake, due to people in the early 1900s who would drive across the lake during the winter time in order to save half the distance in getting around the lake.

Lake Creek and Coeur d'Alene Railroad

The OR&N was already operating a line through Manito to Spokane (built by the Washington and Idaho Railroad), and at Amwaco it used the steamboat to cross Lake Coeur d'Alene to Harrison, which was located on another ex-Washington and Idaho Railroad line to Wallace.

Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad

Operating in conjunction with the Graves' lines in 1903 it formed a route between Spokane and Lake Coeur d'Alene in northern Idaho.


Cedar sculpin

The cedar sculpin is a small, large-headed species of cottid that is found in the Coeur d'Alene and St. Joe rivers in northern Idaho, and in a stretch of the Clark Fork river in western Montana.

Coeur d'Alene people

The Coeur d’Alene lived in areas of abundance that included trout, salmon, and whitefish.

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho labor confrontation of 1899

At the Idaho governor's request, President William McKinley sent black soldiers from Brownsville, Texas and other areas, veterans of the Spanish-American war, to round up 1,000 men and put them into bullpens.

Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen

The Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen was formed in 1967 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, by Francis Schuckardt with the assistance of Denis Chicoine.

Duane Hagadone

In addition to his home in Coeur d'Alene, Hagadone owns one of the largest estates in Palm Desert, California.

IB Diploma Programme

In 2012, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, the school board voted to eliminate all IB programmes in the district.

Idaho State Highway 1

SH-1 was originally created in the 1920s as part of Sampson Trail B, which ran from Boise north to Lewiston, Coeur d'Alene, before entering British Columbia at Porthill.

Idaho's congressional districts

Meridian, Eagle, and west Boise south of Interstate 84 remain in the first district as are all areas north of Boise, including McCall, Lewiston, Moscow, and Coeur d'Alene.

KGA

Former Los Angeles Police detective/best selling author Mark Fuhrman, who lives in nearby Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, hosted a live and local morning slot weekdays until his firing in November 2007.

KMNZ

KMNZ-LP, a low-power television station (channel 38) licensed to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States

Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

Michael Van Valkenburgh and Associates, Inc. designed the northward extension to complement the original space with a more open area that features a walkway and the 300-foot-long Alene Grossman Memorial Arbor.

Spokane River

Until the 18th century, the Coeur d'Alene (Schḭtsu'umsh) and Spokane Indians (along with other Salish peoples) used to live and travel along the banks of the Spokane River.

Wardner, Idaho

Hostilities erupted once again in 1899 when, in response to the company firing seventeen men for joining the union, the miners dynamited the Bunker Hill & Sullivan mill.


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